| ARTIST NAME |
Kostis Velonis |
| TEAM NAME |
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| GROUP |
Group XXXIV, Apr 2012 - Sep 2012 |
| DISCIPLINE |
Architecture |
| WEBSITE |
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| BIO |
Born 1968 in Athens, Greece
Lives in Athens
Education
- PhD in Architecture, N.T.U.A University of Athens
- Cultural Studies (MRes), The London Consortium (Birkbeck College, ICA, AA) London
- Visual Arts, Paris VIII University, (Maitrise, D.E.A) Paris
Future Exhibitions
2012
- “Newtopia: The State of Human Rights,” Kazerne Dossin Museum and Documentation Centre of the Holocaust and of Human Rights, Mechelen, Belgium
- Monitor Gallery, (solo) Rome, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
2011
- “The Promise of Happiness,” Signal Center for Contemporary Art, IASPIS Artist in Residence, Malmo, Sweden
- “Bulding the Stage,” Omikron Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
2010
- "Loneliness on Common Ground: How Can Society Do What Each Person Dreams," National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
- "Pastoral Dreams in the Days of Bankruptcy," Dana Charkasi Gallery, Vienna
- “Marx in Arcadia,” Alpha Delta Gallery, Athens
2009
- “How one can think freely in the shadow of a temple," Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
2008
- “Craft Boy,” Monitor Gallery, Rome, Italy
- “Revolution Essentielle,” Academy of Fine Arts, Sarayevo, Russia
2007
- “...was einmal über heute gesagt werden wird: Köln Show2,” BQ Gallery, European Kunsthalle, Cologne,Germany
2005
- “Blind Date,” Galerie Kamm, (with Katharina Jahnke) Berlin, Germany
- The Breeder Gallery, Athens.
Selected Exhibitions (2006-11)
2011
- “Melanchotopia,” Witte de With Contemporary Art Center, Rotterdam
- “A Rock and a Hard Place,” 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
- “Dirty Humanism,” Faggionato Fine Art Gallery, London. UK
- “An Elusive Object of Art," Dana Charkasi Gallery, Vienna, Austria
- “The Marathon Marathon project,” Acropolis Museum, Athens
2010
- "Politics of Art," National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
2009
- “The World Question Center,” 2nd Biennial Athens, Palaio Faliro, Greece
- “Mediterranean,” Palazzo Rospigliosi, Rome, Italy
2008
- “Show me, don’t tell me,” Brussels Biennial 1 for Contemporary Art, Former Post Sorting Center, station Bruxelles Midi, Brussels, Belgium
- “Laugh track”, YUM 21C, Brussels
- "Collage. Cut, paste," State Museum of Contemporary Art, Salonica, Greece
2007
- “The History of a Decade that Has not Been Yet Named,” 9e Biennale de Lyon, Institut d'art contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
- “In Present Tense,” National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
2006
- “Don Quijote,” Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
- “The Grand Promenade,” National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
- “Give(a)way”, EV+A Biennial, Limerick, Ireland
- “Poetry in the backyard,” Art-Concept Gallery, Paris, France
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| PORTRAIT |
© Kostis Velonis |
| FINAL PROJECT |
untitled
© MAK Center / Mark Escribano
Project Details...
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| JURY |
Andreas Hapkemeyer
Dorit Margreiter
Karolin Schmidbaur
Florian Waldvogel
Martina Kandeler-Fritsch |
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